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A decade after ditching Xbox friend requests, Microsoft is bringing them back


Microsoft has announced it's bringing friend requests back to Xbox after more than a decade, with its new "friends and …

Soon, though, Xbox will introduce a more traditional "two-way, invite-approved" friend request system that Microsoft says will give users "more control and flexibility". PlayStation's Astro Bot success and PS5 Pro can't distract from Concord's failure. All this will initially launch for Alpha Skip-Ahead users on Xbox consoles, plus PC Gaming preview members on Windows PCs and handheld devices, "beginning this week".

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